Garment



G. G. CHICK May 29, 1928.

GARMENT Filed Jan. 1926 R m m m (fi /(run? $679101: 6 BY 0) M l A ORNEY.

Patented May 29, 1928.

NITED STATES FICE.

-GERTRUDE G. CHICK, OESAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

GARMENT.

Application filed ll'anu ary 13, 1926. serial m. 80,858.

This invention relates to a garment, and its object is to provide means for the support of the garment, either apair of overalls with a high bib, or merely an apron, which will hold the garnient flat against the body and the support will not slip ofi' the shoulders.

Anotherobject of the invention is to provide means whereby the supporting straps may be disconnected from the garment at In either end. Ordinarily the connection at the top of the bib is a buckle hook, while theconnection at the lower end of'the strap is made with snap fasteners. p

I do not claim broadly the idea of supporting garments with shoulder straps, for the reason that many forms of shoulder straps have beenpreviously used, but none of which are very satisfactory because of the fact that they are usually made of narrow tapes, and

are not at all titted to the body sothat they act merely as a string would act, and do not adequately hold the garments flat, nor are they so shaped as to prevent the straps from slipping off the shoulders.

In the present instance, the straps are so cut as to cross each other at the back of the wearer, and are so shaped as to lie flat on the body, both in the front and on the back. They are cut with a sufficient spring of the goods to cause the pull upon the straps, not

only to cause the strap to lie flat, but to cause the garment to have the strap ends when attached to lie fiat on the body, While the attachment to the garment is so arranged as to prevent the possibility of the strap from slipping off when it has been once placed in position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a close fitting supporting garment of the character n'ientioned, which will allow any desired movement of the body without displacing the shoulder straps, and without wrinkling them, whereby the garment is made uncomfortable to wear.

Another object of the invention is to provide a close fitting garment of the character mentioned which'will be supported entirely from the front piece by the shoulder straps, and which is so arranged as notto bind the body uncomfortably in any way and to permit any desired looseness of the garment so there will be no strain or pulling on the garment at the waist line of thewearer.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which the,

is made of a piece of material which parallel to the length of the warp and weftface of such a same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout the several figures of the drawings,.a11d of which there may be modifications:

Figure 1 is a back View of the garment and its supporting straps as applied to a wearer. y

. Figure 2 is a front view of the garment with its straps as applied to the wearer, and the garment may be of any desired kind, as for example, a pair of overalls, an apron, or a slip-over dress, and, i

Figure 3 is a plan view of the strap to the support of' the garment, the direction of the warp of the goods being illustrated in broken lines to show the springwith which the strap is cut.

Figure 4 illustrates the manner of cutting to cause the bibto lie fiat, and showing the attachment of the strap thereto.

It will be apparent from a consideration of fittinggarments to persons that it is impossible tofit an extended strap around the curved body portion of a person if that strap is out of the goods since on ,the user the plane surstrap will be tight along one side and loose along the other side with the result that if anything more than a narrow tape is made use of, the entire bunch up like a string instead of This COl'lClltlOIl makes it necessary strap will lying flat. to cut the supporting strap from the goods in such a way as to give the goods the necessary spring due to cutting on the bias to allowthe surface of the strap to lie flat upon the curved body surfaces in order to aid in holding the strap flat. It is also necessary to make one end. considerably wider than the other, which widening not only aids in holding the garment flat, but also enables its attachn'ient to the garment to be so made as to aid in holding the strap itself flat.

The numeral 1 indicates the lower portion of the garment the bib of the garment being indicated at 2. On each side of the bib there are four snap fasteners at the waist line, 4, 5, Gand 7, while at the top of the bib there are two rings 7 and 8 into which the buckle hooks 9 and 10 are connected.

The buckle hooks are adjustable to several positions alongthe length ofthe straps,

which is to provide for a taller or shorter person as may be desired, but the adjustment along the straps is not suflicient to brin the buckle to a part of the strap that sutliclent- 1y i e d W m e th i were in There are two straps 11, one at each side, and each strap passes over the opposite shoulder of the person and is hooked; to the top of the garment. V

The manner of cutting the strap is iliustrated in Figure 3 in which it be seen that the upper attachingcorner ofthe strap at 15 is curved away from the lower attaching corner of the stra 16" in such a manner as to widen that end 0 the strap to approximately three times the width of the strap as it passes through the buckle 9.

The relation (if the warp ofthemat'erial to the length of the strap is indicated by the broken lines in Figure 3. From this figure will be seen that the strap is cut with sufiioient bias to cause all parts of the strap to lie flat on the wearer when in, use. It will also be seen that in furtherance of the idea of producing a strap which will he ca able of passing over the curves of the b0 y and still lie flat, that the bib of the garment'is cut on the curve 17' indicated in Figure 4, which is a developed view of the bib portion of the garment shown in Fig. 2, in whit-h figure the same eriges of the bib appear straight. 1

Having thus descrihecl my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the, Un ted States is as follows, but modifications may be made incarrying out the inuention as shown in the drawings and in the above particularly legcribed torn thereof, within the pirviefi 01 an z; y

1. garment o the c ass escri (1 comprising an over-garment adapted to fit the lower body of the. manner, and having a front bib, a air of supporting straps each being curve throughout its length and adapted to cross each other at the back of the wearer, fihefloiver ends dgf saifli straps eing more, t a twice aswi I it e impel nd at S i seiiasland ta i t f t the ai ment at o posite sides 0 the wearer W by both tge garment an the strapswi $3 eld fl t n t e ar r, e h S rip ha ng its fa'stenings extending substantially ver; tically at its lower eonnetion with the gal nent lengthwise of the sides i thawea'rer.

2. A garment of the ciass (i escri i com: prising a garment to fit t e toy r portion the body of the wearenwith a Front b b an a tr it of ps mo e. am t i e a time at one'end as atthe other end, a 3 out on a continuous curve on the. bias 0 the gopgls' to lie fiat upon the, bod}; of the wearer means carried by the widest end of t er straps to d 'etaohabl" connect them ti) t 'e a m n ls n. t q wlbr vert e at the sides of'the'wearer, and mea to;

detachably connect the garment and, s raps together at their other In testimony whereof have h (1 th' 7th (I J my an 1s a 0 an,

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